Tag: COMICS

From their humble origins during the digitally threadbare days of Usenet, webcomics have become an inextricable part of the Internet landscape, underground but with more exposure than ever before. And with New York's epic celebration of the printed strip known as Comic-Con fast approaching, what better time than now to contemplate the splendors of the webcomic? We've done the hard work, and ...

From their humble origins during the digitally threadbare days of Usenet, webcomics have become an inextricable part of the Internet landscape, underground but with more exposure than ever before. And with the epic celebration of the printed strip known as New York City Comic-Con right around the corner, what better time than now to contemplate the splendors of the webcomic? We've done the hard ...

A word of advice: If you're submitting a comic adaptation of a classic literary work to the iPad App Store, you'd better prepare for a struggle with Apple's puritan overlords. Not long after the company censored "obscene" images from a comic based on James Joyce's 'Ulysses,' Apple reportedly gave the thumbs down to, arguably, the wittiest writer to ever live. According to Slate, the company ...

As journalists, it isn't often that we get to report on something so heartwarming and funny-bone tickling as a good deed done perfectly. Instead, we write about horrid celebrity gaffes or new products that you must have, but today... today, readers, we have a treat. This past weekend, comic book stores globally participated in Free Comic Book Day, where, like the name implies, if you visit a ...

Scott Adams, the creator of the iconic Dilbert comic strip, recently found himself in a major scheduling dilemma. He desperately wanted to run a strip about the recent Gizmodo-iPhone 4G saga, but his publishing schedule would only allow him to run them on June 18th, at the absolute earliest. Adams, therefore, decided to completely bypass his routine, and published them exclusively on his blog, ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... After a lengthy period of speculation, rumors and innuendo, someone has apparently finally spotted real evidence of the elusive iPhone 4G tech-Yeti. According to Engadget's sleuths and truth-seekers, the iPhone 4G was actually caught in a photo that was reportedly leaked from Apple's test lab. [From: Engadget] The Coachella music ...

What do you get when you combine a 5-year-old's imagination with his 29-year-old brother's design skills? Web comic genius. 'Axe Cop' is a collaborative online comic strip started by kindergartener Malachai Nicolle and his (much) older brother Ethan, an artist and writer living in Los Angeles. As Ethan explains, the idea was hatched from a game that the brothers used to play, involving the elder ...

So, how do you know if the press loves your video game? Well, one way would be to see if Guinness decides it's the "Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever." Such has the case for 'Batman: Arkham Asylum,' released last week on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It's a rather unscientific poll, obviously. Review scores are themselves a problematic and imprecise thing, and aggregating them only ...

When news started breaking on Monday morning about Disney's purchase of Marvel, artists, designers, and animators immediately began creating mashups of their favorite cartoon and comic characters. The animation aficionados at Super Punch have thankfully eliminated extensive searching and surfing by assembling an impressive arsenal of mashup creations. The collection features some obvious ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/cell-phones-boost-saucy-manga-comics-sales-in-japan-among-women/'; The manga (Japanese comics) industry in Japan has been in steady decline for the past decade, but it seems an unlikely savior has finally arrived: the cell phone. The New York Times is reporting that direct-to-cell sales of manga have jumped up 43-percent from last year -- a ...

Stan Lee, the adorable, nearly senile granddaddy of Marvel Comics, has admitted that, though he isn't a "technical person," he does own an iPhone and does Google himself. At this weekend's Comic Con in San Diego, Lee was promoting his new digital motion comic (read: cheaper than animation, but still fun to watch and read) called 'Time Jumper'. During his roundtable discussion, he spoke ...

The on-again, off-again saga of a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) based on the Marvel comics universe continues as a projected release date has been announced. Fanboys and girls everywhere have been anxiously anticipating this game since details of its inception were released in 2006. After three years of waiting, we've now learned from Marvel and its new partner Gazillion ...

Unless you've been living under a rock (or perhaps in Iraq), you've been hearing about the release of a little low-budget indie art film called 'Watchmen.' Based on the twelve-issue comic book by renowned comic writer Alan Moore -- and now available in all-in-one form as a graphic novel - 'Watchmen' is one of the most beloved franchises in all of comic-dom. And today, Warner Brothers announced ...

As those who have been following the news from this week's ComicCon event in New York City are well aware, Marvel announced that it will be selling its new "In-Motion" comic books in Apple's iTunes Store. The comics differ from old-school physical comics by having animated panels and voice-over work from popular actors, making them well-suited to the iPhone and iPod Touch, with their sharp ...

With newspaper subscriptions continuing to decline, cartoonists are beginning to worry, according to a report in the New York Times. Speaking on the troubles besetting newspapers' print editions, 'Pearls Before Swine' creator Stephan Pastis told the Times, "For a syndicated cartoonist, that's like finally making it to the major leagues and being told the stadiums are all closing, so there's ...